India and the Anglosphere: Race, Identity and Hierarchy in International Relations

ISBN-13: 9780815394556 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 200 str.

Alexander E. Davis

Opis

Building on postcolonial and constructivist approaches to international relations, this book argues that the same Eurocentric assumptions about India pervade the foreign policies of the Anglosphere states, international relations theory and the idea of the Anglosphere.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Anglosphere’s ‘India Problem’ Part I: The Historical Construction of the Anglosphere 1. India in the Idea of English-Speaking Unity 2. (White) Australia and India 3. India, Canada and the Limits of Liberal Internationalism Part II: India and an Anglosphere against its Others 4. Hindu Nationalism and the ‘War on Terror’ 5. The 2005 India-US Nuclear deal 6. India and the UK in a time of Nostalgia and Nationalism Conclusion: What is the future of the Anglosphere?

O autorze

Alexander E. Davis is an NGN scholar with the Department of Politics and Philosophy at La Trobe University, Australia and the Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne. His research interests include Indian foreign policy, postcolonialism and constructivism in international relations, and IR’s disciplinary history.